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Re: Demon conflicts with intranets?

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From: Richard Clayton
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 00:00
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In article <GaSvEEAnA5tzEwNv@pjudge.demon.co.uk>, Peter Judge
<peter@pjudge.demon.co.uk> writes

>Not sure if this is the right place for this query, but it is to do with
>W95 and IP. I'll cross-post it to d.i.s.win95 and demon.ip.developers. 

you failed miserably :(

>I want to know if there is a way to run an IP intranet on my local
>machines, without messing up my Demon connection.

yes

> When I added IP
>networking to my LAN, Turnpike could no longer find the news and mail
>servers at Demon when I logged in. 

set the DNS servers centrally not in the DUN connection. The central
values override the specific ones (a Microsoft cock-up IMHO).

>The root problem is that, unlike many other ISPs, Demon assigns a
>permanent IP address to each user, and this conflicts with the IP
>address which my machine uses on the local intranet. 

to fix that use "server assigned" on the DUN connection

>Demon support is emphatic about this. They say I can't do it.

depends rather what you asked :(

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